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Chancellor Goldstein Reports

Chancellor Matthew Goldstein As the recession has deepened, the situation for public higher education has become more perilous. A recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities indicates that since 2008, at least 43 states have cut assistance to public colleges and universities and/or made large increases in tuition. >>

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Midterm Elections: Politics as Usual

Although the 2010 elections saw historic losses for the Democrats, the directional shift >>

Chancellor’s Report to the Board of Trustees

Reporting to the Board of Trustees on November 23, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein discussed >>

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CUNY Macaulay Honors College Student at Brooklyn College Awarded Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship

A Macaulay Honors College student who attends Brooklyn College is one of only two students from New >>

Saluting Student Achievements  In celebration of its 10th anniversary, CUNY's Macaulay Honors College is saluting the stellar achievements of its 1,200 graduates: the doctors, lawyers, educators and entrepreneurs who are making >>
Detecting Invasive Species  Queens College assistant professor of biology Michael Hickerson and three of his students spent two weeks on the exotic French Polynesian island of Moorea as part of an international effort that is >>
New Deal for Roosevelt House  The stately Manhattan townhouse that incubated Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal - the home that also witnessed the tragedy of his paralyzing bout with polio and the triumph of his election as president >>
CUNY Joins Fight Against Obesity  In New York City, 40 percent of children in kindergarten through eighth grade are overweight or obese and that will mean health problems for many of them as they grow older. At least one third of >>
Scholarships for 'New Era' Achievers  Larry and Yvette Gralla, City College graduates from the 1950s, met while taking golf lessons in the Hygiene Building's basement, hitting balls into a mat hung on the wall. They married after she >>
Oysters Help Clean Polluted Water  Baruch College professor Chester Zarnoch and Timothy Hoellein, of Loyola University, Chicago, are putting oysters to work in Jamaica Bay, the country's largest urban wildlife preserve. The grasses >>
A Talk With Composer John Corigliano  John Corigliano is one of the most accomplished composers in America. He has written three symphonies, an opera and movie scores. He's also been teaching at Lehman College for 36 years. Although he >>
Meet Medgar Evers' New President  William L. Pollard used to be the president of the University of the District of Columbia, so he has long been sensitive to the needs of urban students. Many, he knows, have to fit classes in around >>
Helping Areas Imperiled by Nature  Yuri Gorokhovich, a Lehman College assistant professor, is an expert at mapping natural disasters. Using Geographic Information Systems, he maps landslides in Uganda. He knows he can't stop them, >>
A New Community College  CUNY's new community college will employ an innovative model to improve student performance and graduation rates. Part of the model is requiring full-time study during the first year, which appears >>
Studying Extraterrestrials  Meteorites have been considered messengers of the gods and portents of good or ill fortune. They are actually the very stuff of the solar system and each tells an extraterrestrial story. Many such >>
Landmark AIDS Play Is Revived  At the peak of the AIDS epidemic in America, playwright William M. Hoffman stood by helplessly as close friends died. To bring attention to the crisis, which Hoffman says was a "nonsubject" in the >>
First Responder Becomes First Preventer  New York City Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano was sometimes late for class back when he attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice. That's because he was often off fighting fires. Cassano >>
A Mentor Who Saw a Student's True Potential  Twelve years ago when he started college, Marcel Roberts knew he didn't want to go into research and that doctoral degrees weren't for him. Only smart people pursue those kinds of careers, he >>
Pet Project Spotlights Talented Student  Growing up in Jamaica, Andre Smithson, a student at Queensborough Community College with a 4.0 average, dreamed of becoming a scientist. So when his chemistry professor asked him to participate in >>
Chairperson Schmidt Wins National Award  Benno Schmidt, chairperson of CUNY's Board of Trustees, has been given the Philip Merrill Award for outstanding contributions to liberal arts education.The award was presented by the American Council >>
E-Books Are Put to the Test  Scrolling through electronic textbooks rather than turning pages of paper and underscoring passages with a little button rather than highlighting them with a marker, students at the John Jay College >>
Higher Education Leaders Meet   Chancellor Matthew Goldstein with co-sponsor presidents from the University of California and Arizona State University, led a national conference on public higher education in November. The >>
A CUNY Life  Darryl Warner brings a blend of wry humor and intense dedication to his job as chief technician in the gross anatomy lab at the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. He prepares the cadavers >>
Are You Listening?   Despite its negative connotation John Locke believes eavesdropping is both a natural and beneficial part of being human. Locke, professor of linguistics in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing >>
Solar in the City  A team of City College architecture and engineering students is one of 20 finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2011 Solar Decathlon contest. They designed a fully solar-powered home -- dubbed >>
Home Is Where the Job Is  Adrienne Kennick is a manager at her mother’s five room bed-and-breakfast guesthouse in Brooklyn’s Boreum Hill. She’s also a senior at New York City College of Technology, where she is pursuing a >>
More Achievements for Faculty  A television series produced at Lehman College, Conversations with William Hoffman, has won its second Telly Award, which honors local, regional and cable programming. The graduate school of >>
Facing Down the Fiscal Challenge  The Board of Trustees has approved a University-wide $2.8 billion budget request to state and city officials which includes an additional $95.2 million for programmatic needs over this year’s >>
CUNY Buildings Take the LEED  More than a dozen new CUNY buildings across the University will be certified green under the international LEED system (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Among them are new science >>

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Today at CUNY

Student Leadership Film Series/ V is for Vendetta
December 15
Hostos Community College
Photographing Woodlawn
December 15 | 10:00 AM
Lehman College
Health Service Center Event: Free HIV Screening
December 15 | 11:00 AM
Queens College
Open Houses at the Colleges
Upcoming Board of Trustees Meetings & Hearings

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